The Brookhaven leader., 1887-09-08

SEVERAL Russians were killed at Kashg1r
recently during q riot occas oued, it vas
said, by insults offered to MohammcdaR
women. The Russian mission has returned
to Khokand.
ACTING LAND COMMISSIONER STOCKSLAGER
has issued the necessary instructions to
carry into effect Secretary Lamar's recent
order restoring to settlement and entry
certain indemnity lands of the Marquette,
Houghton & Ontonagon Railroad Com
pany, Michigan, comprising about 25S,OO
acres of unapproved selections.
AN epidemic Of black diphtherla was re-
ported raging at Lockport, Pa, small
town of 200 inhabitants. Nearly half OF
the population were down with the disease
and thirteen deaths have occurred.
The Richmond Paper Company of Provi-
dence, r. l., has failed. Liabilities over
$780, 600; assets heavy. The mills cost 81.
900, 900
THE magnificent abbey and college OF st.
Menrad, located at Indiantown, Spencer
County, Ind, was destroyed by fire on the
I'd, including a valuable library of l5,ON
volumes, large collection OF old and very
rare coins, and q large museum. The to-
tai loss was fully 500, 600; no insurance.
ROBERT GARRETT 1t was announced at
New York on the Cd, had disposed of his
interest in the Baltimore Il Ohio railroad
10 a syndicate Of English and American
capitalists. The deals were carried through
by Drexel, Morgan & Co.
AN American schooner fishing inside the
Canadian limits has been captured near
Campobella, N. B.
The oil producers of Central Ohio have
formed a company to market their own pro-
ducts without regard TO the Standard Oil
Company.
BUSINESS failures Dun's report) during
the seven days ended September l mum
bered for the United States l75. for Can
ada "a, total l99, compared with lS5 the pre-
vious week, and 100 for the corresponding
week last year.
BY the explosion of delayed blast near
Monroe, Wis, recently William Krell was
terribly mangled and killed, one arm being
hurled 100 feet from the body
The new New York law against the adul
teration of wines went into effect on the
I'd. 1t is very strict, even the treating of
champagne with carbonic acid gas is for
bidden
THE Socialists of the Hague gave fete
on the I'd in honor of Nieuwenhuis, who had
been released from prison. A collision with
the police took place, and in the melee a
few persons were injured. Several arrests
were made.
BY an outbreak of trchinosis in Bruins
wick, Germany, sixty persons have been
affected and five have died.
THE engine on the east bound Leadville
express, which left Salida Col, on the I'd,
went through a bridge at Beaver creek,
killing Engineer Shaw and two others, one
,,.,fh ol1,y,,, tod bn
accident was due to large rock falling
from the side of the canyon and crushing g
through the bridge.
BY collision between the British steam
ers Salisbury and John Adamson at Ant
werp the other day both were badly dam
aged.
The North Atlantic squadron had an
imaginary attack on old Fort Adams, near
Newport, R. l., on the ID. After the affair
the oesieged and besegers had lunch to-
gether
A BELGIAN officer and an American doc
tor, taking notes on the ambulance system,
were arrested at Toulouse, France, the
other day on suspicion of being spies.
The Steele announces the issue of a great
loan to transform the floating debt and tue
old four and a half per cent. rcntes OF
France into perpetual three per cents, in
order to provide resources for the eXtraor-
dinary budget Of 1888 and for the conver-
sion of debts which the State may be called
upon to pay at short notice.
TROTTINe race lit up by natural gas
took place at Fostoria, O., the other night.
HENRY TAYLOR, ex-presldent Of the Bank
of London and president of the Ontario In.
vestment Association of London, Ont, was
arrested in that city on the %, The cause
of his arrest was not made public.